Highlights: In dementia care, the past imposes itself on people with dementia, through a process I call “forced continuity”.
It centres on the notion of a former self of the person with dementia, which ought to be continued.
The internalisation of cultural values shapes the way in which notions of the person with dementia are transmitted and reproduced.
Societal pressures to remain the person they were before their cognitive abilities declined do not halt at a nursing home's borders.
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- Observation/Participant-Observation
- Aging and/or ADRD
- Chronic Illness
- Community, Organizational, and Professional Culture
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
- Measuring and Conceptualizing Culture
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